Is there a lonelier creature than a conservative female minister? The remaining traditional Christian denominations either never embraced the practice or are turning against it, while the Woke Christians will have nothing to do with any criticism of homosexuality. They are caught between two stools. And yes, I’ve met a couple.
They are in many ways like the fools who think that there was ever a “good” feminism. No, there was not. There was a time when feminism’s damage to the larger culture was marginal and seemed to make more women happy as well as increase the size of the work force and grow the economy, but it was a passing phase. The inevitable result is infanticide, mental illness, and the re-paganization of society.
These women insist that they feel a “calling,” and I believe them. However, I question whether it comes from God, because God is pretty consistent. It says right there in the books that being “of this world” is wrong, and none of the ancient laws have been repealed, so the idea that there can be Christian priestesses is pretty out there.
The Anglicans gave this a really solid try, initially firewalling off the priestesses to ensure that (conservative? orthodox? believing Anglicans?) none of the faithful could be compelled to attend one of their services. Of course, priestesses begat bishopesses, and now the senior cleric is a woman because of course.
The core problem is that one cannot maintain Christian orthodoxy while violating it. If orthodoxy means anything, it has to apply to all of it or none of it. Once one item is discarded, the proverbial camel’s nose is now inside the tent. The rest will soon follow.
Like many things, it can start slowly, and typically this is a function of the women being a tiny minority, eager to fit in. But, as in other occupations, once women achieve a critical mass, they use their influence to essentially overthrow what was and replace it with what they want it to be.
This must necessarily be pagan, because only pagan cults exalted women as high priestesses. Christianity is a patriarchal religion – it says it right there in the Bible. Indeed, the early Church was marked by patriarchs in Rome, Antioch, Alexandria, Jerusalem and Constantinople. If you’re against patriarchy, you’re in opposition to God the Father, and it is no accident that so many of these denominations try to de-gender God or even use the feminine form of address.
Now for those of us who understand spiritual warfare, this all makes perfect sense. A classic alternative to a frontal assault is to infiltrate and demoralize from within. Whether opening a sally port to the invaders or spreading despair along the battlements, it is a lot easier for the Enemy to have their foes destroy themselves.
Happily, the destruction is cutting both ways. Henry VIII’s renegade church is on its last legs. The United Methodists have gone all-in on embracing pagan sexual morality. It’s only a matter of time before these witches come up with a rite to bless an abortion.
The core issue is pretty simple: some people can’t do certain things. It might be because of physical disability or religious rules, and when you think that your special circumstance, and the advances of the modern age mean that all those old dead people are wrong and you have a right to get the thing you want, you are not in any way being a servant of anyone but yourself.
Okay, maybe someone else, too, but I leave that to the imagination of the reader.
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